6. Elderly & Welfare
6.1 Higher Old Age Living Allowance
- Provide a monthly allowance of $3435 to eligible elderly persons
6.2 Low-income Working Family Allowance
- Extend the scheme to cover singletons
- Increase all rates of allowance
6.3 Hygiene
- Increase the cleaning frequency of hygiene blackspots
- Step up law enforcement against littering, illegal dumping, illegal parking of bicycles, and shop-front extensions
6.4 MPF
- The government supports the abolition of the “offsetting” MPF arrangement and is willing to increase its financial commitment to mitigate the impact of the abolition on enterprises
6.5 Chinese medicine
- Set up a unit under the Food and Health Bureau to oversee Chinese medicine development
- Plan for a Chinese medicine hospital in Tseung Kwan O